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B-421366,B-421366.2 Apr 11, 2023 1 (2023-04-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaoomx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Optum Workers Compensation Services of Florida File: B-421366; B-421366.2 Date: April 11, 2023 Alex P. Hontos, Esq., Dorsey & Whitney LLP, for the protester. Steven A. Neeley, Esq., Brian P. Waagner, Esq., George E. Stewart, Esq., and Leah C. Kaiser, Esq., Husch Blackwell LLP, for Matrix Healthcare Services, Inc., the intervenor. Robert Proudfoot, Esq., and Jose Otero, Esq., Department of Labor, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the evaluation of the relevancy of the awardee's past performance is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest challenging the evaluation of awardee's corporate experience is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria. 3. Protest challenging the best-value tradeoff determination is denied where the record reflects that the contracting officer reasonably found that the protester's slightly superior technical proposal was not worth the significantly higher price. DECISION PMSI, LLC, d/b/a Optum Workers Compensation Services of Florida (Optum), of Tampa, Florida, protests the award of a contract to Matrix Healthcare Services, Inc. (myMatrixx), also of Tampa, Florida, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 1605C3-21- R-00011, issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) for pharmacy benefit management services. Optum challenges the evaluation of the awardee's past performance and corporate experience. The protester also contends that the agency erred in its conduct of the best-value tradeoff. We deny the protest.

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